The Large-Scale Demand for Sarcophagi During the Second Century CE

question 29

Multiple Choice

The large-scale demand for sarcophagi during the second century CE was primarily driven by

• A) the increasing contact between Rome and Etruria.
• B) the increasing wealth of provincial cities.
• C) the increasing popularity of burial by cremation.
• D) the increasing popularity of burial by inhumation.

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